Characteristic Components and Backgrounds Inherent in People Who Commit Terrorist Acts

Resume: At the beginning of its inception, terrorism was a radical form of protest against oppression and injustice. At present, terrorism is an instrument of the struggle for power and domination. The system of extremist views is attractive to the younger generation because its postulates are simple and unambiguous. There is no need to be involved in long-term economic, political and social transformation. There are only primitive calls for their destruction. Today terrorism is the most dangerous, dynamic and difficult to predict phenomenon. A phenomenon that is frightening in scale, threatening forms and methods. In the presented article, the author attempts to consider the origins of the formation of a terrorist worldview of an individual and to compile a psychological portrait of a potential terrorist. The author notes that the educational process should provide not only knowledge in a certain direction, but also form internal methods of countering external threats. Social competences should provide primary preventive measures to counter destructive ideological trends. It is necessary to clearly define and formulate the distinctive features of a law-abiding citizen and a person posing a terrorist threat.

terrorism, extremism, destructive ideology, youth, external threats, ideology, worldview, internal affairs bodies